bug for installing Macports?

[Hector Zenil]

Even for the selfupdate I get error messages:

$ sudo port selfupdate
Error: /opt/local/bin/port: port selfupdate failed: Couldn't sync the
ports tree: Synchronization the local ports tree failed doing rsync

and fails.



On Jan 28, 2008 10:01 AM, Hector Zenil <hzenilc at gmail.com> wrote:
> I ran the command you sent me and it seemed to work, at the end it
> displayed that the installation was successful. However when I run it
> I get this kind of error messages:
>
> $sudo /opt/local/bin/port install
> Can't map the URL 'file://.' to a port description file ("Could not
> find Portfile in /opt/local/bin").
> Please verify that the directory and portfile syntax are correct.
> To use the current port, you must be in a port's directory.
> (you might also see this message if a pseudo-port such as
> outdated or installed expands to no ports).
> Error: Unable to open port: Could not find Portfile in /opt/local/bin
>
> $sudo /opt/local/bin/port install aspell-dict-en
> Warning: Can't open index file for source:
> rsync://rsync.macports.org/release/ports/
>
>
>
> On Jan 28, 2008 7:17 AM, Juan Manuel Palacios <jmpp at macports.org> wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On Jan 28, 2008, at 1:26 AM, Hector Zenil wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > I have installed both XCode Tools and X11 on my Mac and I am getting
> > this failed message at the end of the installation:
> >
> >  Install Failed: "run postflight script"
> >
> >
> > However it seems that it makes the install into the /opt directory so
> > when I try to run it I get this another message concerning rsync:
> >
> > $maccomputer:~ userz$ sudo /opt/local/bin/port install aspell-en
> > Warning: Can't open index file for source:
> > rsync://rsync.macports.org/release/ports/
> > $maccomputer:~ userz$
> >
> > Is this a known bug for Leopard or am I missing something? I had this
> > running fine on my Tiger installation, I just updated the OS. And I am
> > beginning to regret it...
> >
> > Thanks for any help.
> >
> >
> >  As I recently replied to a similar thread:
> >
> >
> >  If you installed MacPorts off any of our 1.6.0 pkg installers, then you
> > experienced a known bug in the script that's supposed to set up your shell
> > environment for the use with MacPorts: a shell type is not detected and
> > therefore no actions are taken. Easiest way around it is to download the new
> > one and run it manually:
> >
> > curl -O
> > http://svn.macports.org/repository/macports/branches/release_1_6/base/portmgr/dmg/postflight
> > && chmod +x postflight && sudo ./postflight
> >
> >  This will give you a MacPorts compatible environment by setting up your
> > PATH, MANPATH and DISPLAY environment variables (you can read about how we
> > do that at http://guide.macports.org/#installing.shell). Please do let me
> > know if you experience any problems, in which case sending me a compressed
> > copy of your /var/log/install.log file would help a great deal.
> >
> >  Regards,..
> >
> >
> > -jmpp
> >
>
>
>
> --
> Hector Zenil-Chavez
> hector.zenil-chavez at malix.univ-paris1.fr
> Université de Lille I (Laboratoire d'Informatique Fondamentale)
> Université Pantheon-Sorbonne -Paris 1- (IHPST)
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> animaexmachina.com
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>



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Hector Zenil-Chavez
hector.zenil-chavez at malix.univ-paris1.fr
Université de Lille I (Laboratoire d'Informatique Fondamentale)
Université Pantheon-Sorbonne -Paris 1- (IHPST)
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